About

(Melissa & Christy)

Hi! Welcome to Real Oilfield Wives (ROW). Melissa and Christy put this site together for themselves and other oilfield wives/girlfriends/significant others, because they had nothing to do other than sit around on their asses, eat bonbons, and shop online all day, every day, spending their husband’s hard-earned money. You know, while they were working. The husbands that is. All the time.

We all know how lonely this life can be… long nights, days on end with no adult conversation, holding down the fort on our own for weeks at a time. Even though sometimes it’s nice to have all that ‘free time’, getting back into a groove together after so long isn’t always fun! Really, it kind of sucks.

So, welcome to ROW. We whipped up this site as a supportive community where women can find advice, friends, support, and maybe a good online sale tip every now and then!

About Melissa:

Melissa has been married to her husband {and the oilfield} for the past 13 years. She is a momma to six {16, 14, 10, 10, 1 and a foster baby), tends her 2 dogs, 3 cats, and 6 chickens, and in all of her free time, she likes drink coffee by the gallon, feed her Amazon Prime addiction, browse Pinterest, and dabble in photography. You can also find her at the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans, Shrinking Kitchen, and Wherever I May Wander.

About Christy:

While not technically married to an oilfield man, Christy and her husband have lived 325 miles apart Monday-Friday for the past 6 years. Six. Long. Years. Their livelihood relies heavily on the oil and gas industry, so she figures it’s cool for her to hang out at ROW. Christy has two kids, ages 9 and 4, a rescued dog, and 200 cats (okay, only 4). She lives out in the middle of nowhere, Texas, loves to take pictures, hike, run, and is addicted to Pinterest. And Amazon.com. You can find her trying to lose weight over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans, and cooking up a storm at the Shrinking Kitchen!

Contributors:

About Jaimie:

Jaimie is 25 years old, wife of almost five years to JR, and mother of two beautiful children: Ashley, 3 and Justin, 1 month. When not spending time with her family, and watching movies based on Jane Austen novels, she finds new ways to live a healthy and fulfilling life. Jaimie lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Follow Jaimie on Twitter!

About Katie:

Katie lives in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, where she raises her sweet daughter, Maile, who will be 2 in the spring! Katie has been married to the love of her life for going on 6 years; every one of those years as a roughneck wife. The family also includes two spaniels, and a very persnickety old cat. Katie spends most of her time reading books with her little one, going down the slide at the park 10,000 times, painting and playing pretend, and dreaming of growing all her own food. You can also find her at her family lifestyle blog, Standpipe and Sprinkles.

About Chelsea:

Chelsea is mama to 4 year old Will and partner to her oilfield man and best friend of 16 years, Jacob. She splits her time between the family’s camper in the North Dakota Oil Patch and a small urban homestead in Kentucky. Chelsea writes about the family’s camper adventures at www.talesofanoilfieldgypsy.blogspot.com. She is a batik artist and loves teaching others about the art of batik at www.beautyofbatik.com. She can also be found working on her other sites www.chelseaniehaus.com and www.urbanagricultureinfo.com. In her moments of spare time she enjoys knitting, sewing and gardening.

About Becky:

Becky and her family live in the beautiful town of Grand Junction, Colorado. She has been an OFW for almost three years, has a degree in Business Management, and works fulltime as a Digital Sales Manager for a local news station. She and her husband have one three year old daughter, Riley who is sweet, sassy, and even in heels and boas likes to pretend she is a dragon, that’s right ladies a dragon. In addition to work, Becky also volunteers on a fundraising committee for a local hospital, is a marketing chair member for a local not for profit, and helps pitch in at her daughters pre-school to raise funds. In her spare time (because she has SO MUCH of it) this OFW enjoys gardening, building projects on Shutterfly, cooking, golfing with her hubby, playing volleyball, and enjoying time on the lake with her family. Follow Becky on Pinterest and Instagram.

About Jenna:

Jenna has been an oilfield wife for as long as she’s been a wife. Her husband, Les, started working in the oilfield a few months before they were married, and that was over 10 years ago. The oilfield has lead them all the way from Northern CO to Alaska, where they’ve lived in Wasilla for two years. Les is a Hot Oil Operator and works a two on/two off schedule at the North Slope. The family consists of their two children; daughter Lauryn, age 8, and son Lincoln, 5. And of course what family would be complete without a couple of dogs thrown in the mix, Willy and Fudge. Jenna is a stay at home mom who doesn’t “stay at home” much, and enjoys gardening, baking, cake decorating, reading, watching movies, four wheeling, hiking, fishing, and LOVES shopping. Since moving to the final frontier they have also started home schooling, which is another adventure all it’s own.